netfilter: nf_tables: Expose the table usage counter via netlink
Userspace can therefore know whether a table is in use or not, and
by how many chains. Suggested by Pablo Neira Ayuso.
Signed-off-by: Tomasz Bursztyka <tomasz.bursztyka@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index 256d36b..b25481e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -110,11 +110,13 @@
*
* @NFTA_TABLE_NAME: name of the table (NLA_STRING)
* @NFTA_TABLE_FLAGS: bitmask of enum nft_table_flags (NLA_U32)
+ * @NFTA_TABLE_USE: number of chains in this table (NLA_U32)
*/
enum nft_table_attributes {
NFTA_TABLE_UNSPEC,
NFTA_TABLE_NAME,
NFTA_TABLE_FLAGS,
+ NFTA_TABLE_USE,
__NFTA_TABLE_MAX
};
#define NFTA_TABLE_MAX (__NFTA_TABLE_MAX - 1)